The texts, which faculty members said appeared to have gone to nearly all Barnard staff members, appear to be part of an aggressive new tactic by the Trump administration to collect reports of alleged antisemitism at Barnard, a women’s college affiliated with Columbia University that has come under heavy criticism for pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its campus.
Its pretty obvious, as mentioned in the article that they are just fishing for someone who has been “harmed” by pro Palestinian protests for their lawsuits. Fishing for standing is what this is.